Oh, that is SUCH a pity. His score was great and I was looking forward to his return. The Mission: Impossible movie series has been fortune enough to have from very good to fantastic scores. Let's hope this continues with whoever scores Fallout.

That's crazy. There have been many great M:I scores, but someone could argue that Joe's was the best and I would not contend them. At least not vigorously.

It really is. Did McQuarrie have no say on this? I really feel sorry for Kraemer as I though the last MI film was his second chance to make it big yet he's worked on nothing of note since then. Cruise seems to forge relationships with composers quicker than women...

I still haven't seen the fifth Mission Impossible, but I did really enjoy the score. The score fan in me is kind of bummed that we don't see a second go-round for Kraemer, especially since 1) his first one was really good, and 2) he deserves another high profile notch in his belt, as his music is pretty refreshing among the current slate of composers TBQH.

All the same, I really like the idea of the M:I films being fairly disconnected anthology movies with unique crews (De Palma->Woo->Abrams->Bird->McQuarriex2) and (Elfman->Zimmer->Giacchinox2->Kraemer). There's not really a lot inherently interesting or unique about Cruise's character, so part of the thrill of these movies for me has been seeing different people put their spin on it. I'm interested to see who gets picked up. The M:I series has seen all of its composers go big and broad, which a lot of franchises don't afford.

Could very well be Tyler, but love him or leave him Henry Jackman seems to turn up at times like this, very often jumping onboard big projects like these (i.e. Captain America, Jumanji, Kong, and he also took over for Kraemer in another Cruise series -- Jack Reacher -- although with less-than-desirable results).

Elfman's is clearly the best score overall, but Rouge Nation was also great. Giacchino's scores, when they weren't banging around like assholes, had some great featured moments (like the "Humpty Dumpty" cue in III and the film version of "Love The Glove" in the fourth one).

I know Schifrin isn't in the best of shape, but if he's well enough, I'd love for him to score at least one M: I film before he goes. That would be a good way to go out, rather then his resume for ten years now.